WordPress runs on PHP, so as a WordPress developer, it’s important to understand the PHP functions enabled on the server that hosts your site(s). Do you need to set up a plugin or configure an application on a WordPress site and are wondering if a certain PHP function or library is enabled on your server (e.g. cURL)? In this tutorial, …
5 Text-to-Speech Plugins For A Sound WordPress Website
Adding text-to-speech (TTS) to your WordPress website can make your site more accessible to people with disabilities and enhance the experience of users that prefer listening to content over reading. Here are some of the best TTS plugins you can use to convert text into audio. Accessibility and user experience play a crucial role in the success of your website. …
How to Optimize WordPress Site Performance Using Delay JavaScript Execution
Looking for ways to further optimize your WordPress site’s performance? Easy…switch on Hummingbird‘s new Delay JavaScript Execution feature! Most sites nowadays are laden with JavaScript files and inline scripts, which can be resource intensive and affect site performance and PageSpeed scores in areas like site rendering and load time. As you will learn in this article, delaying the execution of …
G2 Spring Awards 2023 – How WPMU DEV Performed
How did WPMU DEV compare against other WordPress leaders in the areas of Managed Hosting, Web Hosting, and WordPress Site Management for the Spring 2023 quarter? Winners of 70 G2 Awards for Spring ’23! WordPress Site ManagementEurope Managed HostingWeb HostingManaged HostingWordPress Site ManagementWeb HostingManaged HostingWordPress Site ManagementWordPress Site ManagementWordPress Site ManagementManaged HostingManaged HostingWeb HostingWordPress Site ManagementEurope Web HostingWordPress Site ManagementManaged …
21 Little-Known Ways to Use Expiring Posts in WordPress
You may already know that WordPress lets you schedule posts to publish at a later date, but did you know that you can also schedule posts to automatically unpublish after a set time period? In a previous article, we looked at the best post scheduling plugins for WordPress. Depending on the nature of your content, however, you may also want …
25 Free WordPress Troubleshooting Tools Our Support Experts Swear By
Looking for the best free tools for quick and easy WordPress troubleshooting? Here are 25 site-saving tools our support team use every day to troubleshoot and fix issues on thousands of WordPress sites. WPMU DEV’s support team handles an average of almost 10,000 support requests each month from members via live chat and forums, and over 75% of all the …
Can ChatGPT Build a Useful WordPress Plugin That Actually Works?
Can AI turn non-coders into pro WordPress plugin developers? To find out, we asked ChatGPT to build a custom WordPress plugin from scratch and then had our crack team of developers examine the code… AI is the world’s most popular two-letter word right now. With all the recent news headlines about whether AI will take our jobs away, we wanted …
11 Ways ChatGPT Can Help You As a WordPress Developer
With the evolution of AI technologies like ChatGPT, many questions linger about the future of WordPress development and how AI can actually help – not hurt – your job or business. Sophisticated artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT can perform many tasks that previously required human intelligence. If you’re concerned about AI eventually replacing you and taking your job (we’ve written before …
Instantly Turn Keywords Into SEO Links: This SmartCrawl Tool Automates It For You
SmartCrawl‘s Automatic Linking feature allows you to automatically turn specific keywords or phrases into internal or external links within your site’s content, saving you time and effort, making interlinking a breeze, and boosting your website’s overall SEO. Interlinking web pages is essentially what makes the web the web. Smart and effective interlinking of web pages will improve your site’s SEO …
25 Crucial Questions to Ask Before Outsourcing Your Digital Marketing To An Agency
Asking the right questions to evaluate a digital marketing agency before outsourcing your marketing needs is important. The questions below will help to ensure a perfect fit and a successful long-term partnership. You’ve researched the costs and benefits of outsourcing your digital marketing needs to an agency vs building an in-house marketing team and decided that outsourcing is the more …